Apparatus for treating ores.



W. G. PERKINS & M. L. REQUA.

APPARATUS FOR TREATING ORES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12. 1909.

951,199. Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

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Patented Mar. 8,1910.

WfG. PERKINS & M. L. REQUA. APPARATUS FOR TREATING ORES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1909 WALTER G. IPERKINS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, AND MARK LAWRENCE"REQUA;, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNORS' TO PERKINS SIN'IERING COMPANY, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, A CORPORATION OF CALIFORNIA;

APPARATUS -FOBt- TREATING ORES.

Speeificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1910.

Original application filed August 18, 1908, Serial No. 449,046:- Divided and-this application filed November 12, 1909.

Serial No. 527,760..

T all whomt'tmo'y concern:

Be it known that we, lVaL'rnr. G. PERKINS,- a subject of the King of Great Britain, re siding at 6 Drayton court, Liondon, S. and Mann Lxivnnncs Rnona, a eitizen of the United States, residing-at San Fran cisco, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Treating Ores, of which the following is a specification. i

This invention is a-division of our ap plication Serial X0. ilthOit'i, filed August 18th, 1908, and relates to the treatment of metalliferous ores preparatory to the: smelting process, whereby waste of thevaluable elements of the ore is avoided or reduced to a minimum, and the ore put into suitable condition for smelting in a blast furnace. i

The best known means of-accomplishing this important result, is to agglomcrate or sinter the ore, which is usually in a finely divided state, by subjecting the same to'tlie action of heat from either solid or gaseous burning products, whereby the metalliferous elements will become agglomerated, or I slntercd into a solid mass or good SIZUGI pieces or lumps, which are then in condition for further treatment, such as smelting as in a blast furnace, without the risk of waste or loss of the valuable elements of thc ore.

The principal object of our invention is to save all the valuable elements of the ore and to put it in proper condition .for smelting and further treatment.

Our invention consists of the apparatus and parts of the same hereinafter described and claimed. I

The accompanying; drawings illustrate an embodiment of our invention. in which-- Figure l is a vertical section from front to rear. Fig. 2 is a similar section of the apparatus as made through lines 2-48 of Fig. 1.

1 is a holder 01 receptacle for receiving the ore, and in whichsaid ore is to be agglomerated or sintercd. The innerivalls 2 of said receptacle preferably incline inward as shown. The button: or bed of the receptacle 1 'ervious to an aerit'orm agentor perforatet, and as shown in the drawing, which is a preferred form, said bottom is formed of parallel grate bars 3, which shoitldibo placed quite close together (preferably from one-eighth-to one-quarter of an inch), but permitting thepassage of-air, gas, .01? simi lar agents.- Extending below the grate bars 3 isa funnehshaped device 4, the-upper ends of the: walls of-said device being connectedwvith the lower ends of the walls of the receptacle 1. The loweri small'zend of the funnel iopons into a passage-Way 5, leading into a tube 6', which leads'to zine-K- haust apparatus (not'shown); lvithintthe passageway is adanrper 7, preferably of butterfly form, said damper being provided withian ordinary rod 8, and a handle 9 'for operatingthe. damper; Thei lowersmall end of the funneldis-not secured to the tube-6, and it is providediwith a diownwardly ex tending nozzle, having an' oblique upwardly-i extending-flange l0. v Thepassageway. 5 as. formed within said nozzle and i an upward extension of the tube 6, said extensions be- 1 ing provided with upwardlyv and :outwardlyextending flanges l1, contacting with the flanges 10 of the nozzle.

The above construction is to perm-itithe receptacle 1 and the funnel tbeing lifted from operative relation \viththe -tube 6% One of the walls of the receptacle-1" 18 hinged,v as at 12, to a support 13,.andthe opposite wallet said-receptacle isprovided with an outwardly extending in -14., which rests upon a support lowhe'nt 1e: funnel 4: and the receptacle .1 are in operative relax tion with the tube 6,: as shownlin- Fig; 1.-

From the aboveitwill be seen that receptacle-1 and its funnel 4 niay eithei be' in close connection with the tube Gwvith the flange 10 of the funnel resting-on the flange 11 of the extension of tube 6, or said 'I'QCBPttacle with its funnel may be swim-1g out of such relation and over thesupport 13,50 that any material that may be resting upon the bottom or grate bars 3 maybe. dumped from said receptacle- (as showrrin dottedlines in fig. 1).

1t amid? are gas-and.airatubes-rcs tively. Thesetubes are provided with atw oral extensions, 18am 19 respectively, the passages of wh ch are controlled .bycoolis; 20 ant-121, and .said :tubes 18. and l9= unritevinia tube .22, the passagelof;whieh-is a/lsoicflfin trollediby' cook- 23. o

2e is afiexible hose' removablyiconneeted to the tube 25 by. thennion- 26, and tllifiettlbfi ported grails 30,

of said rece tacle.

i that maybe support wardly exten ing i 39-and 29 may ride over on the upright 43.

25 is connected to a series of horizontal pipes 27 provided with a. number of downwar extending nozzles 28. The pipes 27 are supupon rollers '29 in any appropriate manner, said rollers resting u on horizontal arallel to the top 0 the receptacle 1, with t e pipes 27 extending over the top Inclosin said pipe 27 is a funnel-s aped hood or eflector 31, the walls of said deflector converging toward the top, where they terminate in an up; wardly projecting outlet or chimney 32, t e passage from sai chimney beingfcontrolled y a damper 33. The tube I 25 passes through and is secured to the hood 31, and the rollers 29 are journaled to the vertical walls 34 of said hood below the pipes 27.

Extending across the to of the receptacle 1 is a rod 35, rovided wit a number of outins 36, and to the ends of this rod are secured gears 37, engaging with pinions 38, which are concentrically secured to rollers 39, jou'rnaled in the supporting frame 40. v r

As shown in Fig. 2, the above described device is situated mfront of-the hood 31. The transverse movement of the rod 35 with its rollers 39 moving along the rails 30, will. through the gears 38 and 37, cause the rod 35 and its pins 36 to revolve, and is for the purpose of distributin and leveling the ore by the grate bars 3, ifsaid ore extends as high as said pins.

In Fig. 2 of the drawings, we have shown three funnels for one receptacle 1, and where two of said receptacles unite, we have shown the adjacent walls 41 extending not quite to the top of the rails 30. This is so that a number of receptacles. 1 may be connected together continuously, and so that the rollers the rails across the tops of the receptacles 1 and from one to another without obstruction. The adjacent walls of the funnels 4 of each receptacle 1 are made integral with each other, as shown in Fig. 2, said adjacent walls meeting at 42. When a receptacle 1 is swung back on its pivot or hinge, all the funnels-4 of said re ceptacle will swing with it, and all the material that is on the. grate bars 3 of said receptacle ,will be dumped from the same. 43 and 44- are uprights of a supporting frame which supports the apparatus above described. The tubes 16 and 17 are supported The support 15 for the. lug rm of a T-rail, which rests upon an upri t 45, and a rail 30 adjacent to, the T-ra1l 15 1s supported on a horizontal brace 46, secured at one end to the upright 43 and with the other end resting on the upright 45, the lower end of said upright being supported by a horizontal portion 47 of the frame work and extending between the uprights 43 and 44. 48 is an 14 is in the f .sintered ore to pass inclined plane extending downwardly from the upright 44 and in an outward direction from the same, and

supported by said upright 44 and also by an upright 49 beyond the upright 44. Said inclined plane is longitudinally slotted between the uprights 44 and 49, the slots 50 being of sufficient Width to permit finely crushed stone and the unthrough, but not wide enough for the passage of the lumps of sintered 'ore. Extending upward from the opposite sides or edges of the outer end of the inclined plane 48, are vertical walls 51, the outer portion of the inclined plane and said vertical walls forming a chute for delivering any material from the inclined plane 48 that has not passed through the slots 50. In order to insure strength to the inclined plane at 52, to the horizontal brace 47. 53 is an inclined plane under the slotted portion of the inclined plane 48,-leading to a conveyer or endless belt 54, for receiving the unsinteredportions that have fallen through to the inclined plane 53, and that have fallen from (1 plane. This conveyer 54 may convey-t e unsintered ore to any point desired, so that it may be re-introduced into the same 15 other receptacles 1, and go through th sintering process again. \Ve have shown only one portion of said conveyer or belt, and one of the pulleys 55 around which said belt passes, of lazy rollers 56 on which the belt rests, so as to prevent too much sagging of the same.

In carrying out our improved process, a layer of stone 57, preferably crushed lime- 48, it is continued inward as and a series 5 stone, is first placed upon the grate bars 3 of the receptacle 1, and then the ore or concentrates 58- are placed on said layer-of stone. The leveler and distributer- 36, 37 is then drawn across the layer of concentrates by means of the rollers 39 riding onthe rails 30, the pins 37 raking the concentrates and distributing and leveling them over the surface of the stone 57. The exhaust apparatus not shown) is connected to the tube 6, the

amper 7 having been previously opened,

and the air or other supporter of combustion is drawn downwardly through and between the grate bars through funnels 4 and tube 6, the gas and air being. permitted to pass through to the 'ndependent and joint tubes, the pipes 27 an nozzles 28, the gas isignited at said nozzles and the hood 31 carrying said pipes and nozzles is drawn over' the surface of the ore or concentrates. If there be any appreciable combustible element in the ore or concentrates, such element or elements will then become ignited, and the gas igniter may be drawn beyond the ore or concentrates, and the continual passage of the air or other supporter of combustion through ore has become agglomerated or sintercd into a solid mass or large lumps or pieces above the layer of stone. If therc .be no preciable combustible element in the ore or concentrates, the flames or jets of the igniter should be kept in a position over the ore or concentrates, or so that they will be subjected to the action of the flamesor jets until the ore has become agglomerated or sintered. The damper can be used for retaining the heatand products of combustion within and below the hood 31. or permitting the outflow, or regulating the outflow, of as much heat as is desired. The dampers 7 can also regulate the passage of the air or supporter of combustion, and after as much combustion as is desired has taken place above any of the funnels 4, the dam er 7 connected with said funnel 4 may be c osed, so as to shut off the passage of the supporter of combustion in said passage or funnel. \Vhen the ore in a receptacle 1 has become practically sintered, said receptacle is swung over on its hinge 12, as shown in dotted lines of Fig. 1, and the stone and ore from said receptacle is dumped upon the slotted inclined plane 48. The agglomerated or sintered ore and stone will then slide down said inclined plane and chute $18-51, where they can be removed and separated. Under thc chute 48- -51 we have shown a car 59, said car resting on rails 60, so that the stones and sintered ore may be removed for smelting or other further treatment. The sintered or agglomerated prodnot that has passed through the chuteAS l clin will be in proper condition for smelting in a blast furnace, or for further treatment. Some portions of the ore may be small enoigh to pass through slots 50 of the inplane 48, and this ore will be unsint ered or only partially sintered. It will fall upon the inclined plane 53 and from there to the conveyer 54, and be carried to any desired point so that itmay be again subjected to the above operation, or other treatment.

The subjection of the entire body of the ore to the action of air or other supporter of combustion, and the temporary subjec- "tion of the ore to burning products, and the continuation of the action of the supporter of combustion on the ore will produce the best and most complete results so far known for agglomerating or sintering the ore and putting it into proper condition for smelting in a blast furnace and for furthertreatment. Alsowthe passing of burning product". particularly gas, over the surface of the o e, provides a very simple and practical means for supplying the necessary heat for the .iintering rocess. Any device that burns products 0 combustion, or any gas torch or igniter may be used for passing over the surface of the ore. Also any means may be used for distributing the ore andleveling it in the receptacle in which it is to be treated. i

\Ve do not limit ourselves to the precise apparatus above described, as many changes may be made therein, or other forms of apparatus employed for carrying out our invcntion.

What we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintcring metallit'erous ores. comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means for causing a supporter of con'ibus-- tion to mass through said bed and ore, and means or holding burning products and for applying the same to and removing them from material on said bed.

An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliferous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means for continuously causing a supporter of combustion to pass through said bed and ore, and means for holding burning products and for applying the same to and removing them from material on said bed.

3. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliferous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means for causing a supporter of combustion to pass through said bed and ore, and a gas burner and means for applying the same to and removingit from material on said bed.

4. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintcring metallifcrous ores, comprising 'a bed pervious to air for holding the ores, means for causing a supportcr of combustion to pass through said bed and ores, and means for holding burningproducts and for passing the same across the material on said bed.

5. An tLpIHU'filillS for agglomerating orsintering mctalliferousores, con'iprising a bed pervious to air for holding said orcs, means for causing a supporter of combustion to pass through said bed and ore, and means for holding burning products and for passing the same above and across the material on said bed.

a 6. An ap mratus for agglomcrating or sintering metalliferous ores, coinprisinga bcd pervious to air for holding said ores, means for causing a supporter of combustion to pass throu 11 said bed and ore, and a gas burner and means for passing the same across the material on said bed.

7. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliferous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means or causing a supporter of combustion to pass throu h said bed and ore, and a gas burner an means for passing the same above and across the material on said bed.

8 An apparatus for agglomerating orsintermg metall fcrous ores, comprising a bed pervions toair for holding said ores, means 7 for causing the unsintered from holding burnin products and'for applying id bed and ore, means for i t t l i the same to tlllt removing them from nraterial on said bed, and means for separating the sintered portions of the ore.

9. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliterous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means a supporter of combustion to pass through said bed and ore, means for holding burnin products and for applying the same to and removing them from material on said bed, means for separating the unsintered from the sintered portions of the ore, and means for removing thcsintered portions of the ore.

10. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliferous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means for leveling ore when on said bed, means for causing a supp0rter of combustion to pass through said bed and ore, and means for holding burning products and for applying the same to and removing them from material on said bed.

11. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliferous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means for drawing'a supporter of combustion through said bed and ore, and means for holding burning products and for applying a the same to and removing them from material on said bed.

12. An apparatus for sintering metalliferous ores, bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means for drawing a. supporter of combustionthrough said bed and ore, and a gas burner and means for applying the and removing it from 13. An apparatus for agglomeraing or sintering mtalliferous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding the ores, means for drawing a supporter of combustion through said bed and ore, and means a gglomerating or .for holding burning products and for passing the same across the material on said bed.

14. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliferous ores, comprising a bed pervious to air for holding said ores, means for drawing a supporter of combustion through said bed and ore, and means for holding burning products and for passing the same above and across the material on said bed. I

15; In an apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, a receptacle for the ore having a bed 'perv-ious' to air for holding the ore, and a passageway below said bed, whereby air or"similar supporter of combustion'may be caused to pass through said bed and passageway.

16. In an apparatus for sintering or agcomprismg a time to material on s1d bed.

similar supporter of 'clined sitter for the ore glonierating nictalliferous ores, a receptacle for'the orc having a bed pervious to air for holding the ore. and a suction passageway below said bed, whereby air or snnilar supporter of combustion may be drawn through said bed and passageway.

17. In an apparatus for sintering or a lomerating metalliferous ores, a receptac e or the ore having a bed pervious to air for holding the ore, and a valve controlledpassageway below said bed, whereby air or combustion may be caused. to pass through said bed and passageway.

18. In an apparatus for sintering or agglomcrating metalliferous ores, a receptacle for theore having a bed pervious to air for holding the ore, and a passageway below said bed,whereby air or similar supporter of combustion may be caused to pass through said bed and passage\\'ay, a support for said receptacle, and additional means for supporting said receptacle when turned upsi e down. 7

19. In an apparatus for sintering or ag' lomerating metalliferous ores, a receptacle or the ore having a bed pervious to air for holding the ore, and a passageway below said bed, whereby air or similar supporter of combustion may be caused to pass through said bed and passageway, and a sitter for the oreafter being dumped from said receptacle.

20. In an apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, a receptacle for the ore having a bed pervious to alr for holding the ore, and a' passageway below said bed, whereby air or similar supporter of combustion may be caused to pass t rough said bed and passa eway, and an inclined sitter for the ore a ter being dumped from said receptacle. i

21. In an apparatus for sintering or a glomerating nietalliferous ores, a receptac e for the ore having a bed pervious to air for holding the ore, and a passageway below said bed, asupport for said receptacle, additional means for supporting sald receptaele when turned upside down, and a sitter for the ore between said supports.

22. In an apparatus for sintering or a lomerating metalliferous ores,

holdingthe ore, and a passageway said bed, a support for said receptacle, ad-

a reoeptac e. I or the one having a bed pervious to air for below ditional means for supporting said receptacle when turned upside down, and an m-' ports. I

23. In an apparatus for sinterin or agglonierating metalliferous ones, a r Leeptac e fort the-ore having a bed peryious to air for between said supholding the ore, and a passageway belowf said bed, and walls converging downwardly to said passageway, whereby air or similar supporter of combustion" may be caused to pass through said bed and passageway.

24. In an apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for"the ore pervious to air, a plurality of chambers below said bed having down- \vardly converging walls, and passages con nected to the lower ends-of said walls, whereby air or similar supporter of combustion may be caused to pass through said bed and passages.

25. In an apparatus for sintering or ag glomerating metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, a plurality of chambers below, said bed having downwardl converging walls, and damper controlled passages connected to the lower ends of said walls, whereby air or similar supporter of combustion may belcaused to pass through said bed and passages.

26. In an apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, a plurality of chambers below said bed having downs wardly converging walls, and a common passageway uniting said chambers, whereby air or similar supporter of coinbustionmay be caused to pass through said bed, chambers and passageway.

27. In an apparatus for sintering or a glomerating metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, a plurality of chambers below said bed having down wardly converging walls, and passages connected to the lower ends of said walls, whereby air or similar supporter of combustion may be caused to pass through said bed and passa es, and said bed and chambers formed of adjacent vertically se 'arated sections,

whereby each section may e independentlyporting the same with said burning products in proximity to said bed, and whereby the device may be drawn across said bed.

30. An apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, a. device for holding burning products, and a track for supporting the same with said burning products 1n proximity to said bed, and whereby the device may be drawn across said bed.

31. An apparatus iorfsintering or agglomcrating metallifcrous ores, comprising a bed &

I for the ore pervious to air, and formed of adjacent vertically separable sections, a device for holding burning products, and. means for supporting the same with said burning products in proximity to said bed, and whereby the device may be drawn across said sections.

32. An apparatus forsintcring or agglomerating metallit'erous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, and formed of adjacent vertically separable sections, a device for holding burning products, and a track for supporting the same with said burning products in proximity to said bed, and whereby the device may be drawn across said sections.

33. An apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metallifer ous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, means for leveling the ore on the bed, and means'for supporting the same over the bed and in conmay be drawn across the bedand level the ore.

34. An apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious toair, means for leveling the ore on the bed, and a track for supporting the same over the bed and in con tact with the ore, and whereby said means may be drawn across the bed and level the ore. :35. An apparatus for sintering or agglomeratingmetalliferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, and formed of adjacent vertically separablesections, means for leveling the ore on the hell, and means for supporting the same over the bed and in contact with the ore, and whereby said means may be drawnacross the sections and level the ore.

36. An apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, means for levelihg the ore on the bed, and means for supportin the same over the bed and in contact with the ore,'and whereby said means ore, a device for holding burning products, and means for supporting the same with said burning products .in proximit to said bed, and whereby the device may drawn across said bed.

37. An ap aratus for sintering or agglomerating meta liferous ores, comprising a bed for the ore pervious to air, a move 1 burner and means for supporting the same in proximity to said bed, and whereby said burner may be drawn across said bed.

38. An apparatus for sintering or ag lomerating metalliferous ores, comprisin a bed for the ore pervious to air, a mova 1e gas burner and a track for supporting the same in proximity to said bed, and whereby said burner may be drawn across said bed,

maybe drawn across the bed and level the egas - bed, an

- a deflecting hood above the same,

erating meta 39. An apparatus for sintering or agglomerating mctalliferous ores, comprising a be for the ore pervious to air, a movable burner, a deflecting hood above the same, and means for supporting said hood and burner n proximity to the bed, and whereby sa d burner and hood may be drawn across said bed.

40. An apparatus for sintering or agglomcrating metalliferous ores, comprising) a be or the ore pervious to air, a movable urner, and a track for supporting. said hood and burner in proximity to the bed, and whereby said burner and hood may be drawn-across said bed. 4

crating mctalliferous ores, comprisinga bed for the ore pervious to air, a movable gas.

v burner having a plurality of jets, a deflect ing hood above the same, and means for supporting said hood and burner with said jets in proximity to said bed, whereby said ltgl'ui'ner and hood may be drawn across said 43. 'An ap aratus for sintering or agglomliferous ores, comprising a be for the ore pervious to air, a burner, means for sup orting the same in proximity to said whereby said burner may be drawn across said bed, and two pipes united at said d said hood 41. An apparatus for sintering or agglomterial on said bed.

burner, and adapted respectively to carry gas and air to the burner.

44. An apparatus for sintering or agglomerating metalliferous ores, comprisin a bed for the ore pervious to air, a movable urner, a deflecting hood above the same, means for supportin said hood and burner in proximity to tie bed, and whereby said burner and hood may be drawn across said bed, and provided with an opening in its top control ed by a damper.

45. An apparatus for agglomerating or sintering metalliferous ores, comprising a bed for ioldin said ores, means for causing a supporter o combustion to ass through said ore, and means for hol ing burning products and for applying the same to and removing them from one surface of the ma- 46. An apparatus sintering metalliferous ores, comprising bed for holding the ores, means for causing a supporter of combustion to ass through said ore, and means for hol ing burning products and for. passing the same across one'surface of the material on said bed.

In testimony whereof, we have signed our names to this specification.

WALTER G. PERKINS. MARK LAWRENCE REQUA.

for agglomerating or a,

I Witnesses to the signature of-Walter G.

Perkins:

H. D. JAMESON, F. L. RAND. Witnesses to the signature of Mark Lawrence Requa:

G. D. ABBo'rr, i Kl F. SEARS. 

